By Ciara Mina
Conversations between Martin Scorsese and the late Pope Francis will be featured in the documentary “Aldeas – A New Story” which is considered the Pope’s last interview for a movie.
The documentary was revealed by Sikelia Productions and Aldeas Scholas Film, who stated that the film would be “a testament to the enduring belief that creativity is not only a means of expression but a path to hope and transformation.”
‘Aldeas – A New Story’
In “Aldeas – A New Story,” the work of Scholas Occurrentes – a global, non-profit organisation established by the pope in 2013 to encourage what it called a “Culture of Encounter” among young people – will be discussed.
Both Scholas Occurrentes’ Aldeas movement and the film “Aldeas – A New Story” are independently funded by foreign donors and sponsors, guaranteeing that all earnings are used to grow the project internationally.
In the documentary, young people from Italy, Indonesia, and the Gambia will be shown participating in the program and creating short films.
Conversations between Pope Francis and Scorsese that have never been seen before will be woven into the behind-the-scenes tales of these shorts.
“‘Aldeas’ is an extremely poetic and very constructive project because it goes to the roots of what human life is, human sociability, human conflicts…the essence of a life’s journey,” Pope Francis remarked in a statement prior to his death.
The movie’s release date was not announced.
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Martin Scorsese is a Hollywood filmmaker who has created numerous award-winning films, including “Taxi Driver,” “Raging Bull,” “Goodfellas,” “The Departed,” and most recently, “Killers of the Flower Moon.”
Over the years, Scorsese had many meetings with Pope Francis, and the director of “The Last Temptation of Christ” and “Silence” occasionally drew inspiration from their discussions.
Scorsese created the eight-part documentary series “Martin Scorsese Presents: The Saints” for Fox Nation recently.
Following his 2023 meeting with Pope Francis, Scorsese stated that he would make another movie – an adaptation of Shusaku Endo’s “A Life of Jesus” – which has not yet begun production.
Pope Francis died on April 21, a day after Easter, at the age of 88.
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